Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a first belt unit including a first belt, a second belt unit including a second belt that forms a nip portion for nipping and conveying a sheet with the first belt. The second belt unit includes at least one nip portion forming member forming the nip portion between the first belt and the second belt by abutting on an inner peripheral surface of the second belt and supporting the second belt, at least three supporting members disposed along a conveyance direction of the sheet in the nip portion, the at least three supporting members being in contact with surfaces of the nip portion forming member on a side opposite to the second belt at different positions in a width direction to support the nip portion forming member, and at least one connecting member connecting the at least three supporting members.

Abstract: Provided are: a fish rearing composition containing at least one selected from plantaricin and nisin; and a fish rearing composition containing bacterial cells or a cell culture product of a bacterium having at least one selected from a plantaricin gene and a nisin gene, or an extract thereof. Provided is a method for rearing an organism of fish, including administering bacterial cells or a cell culture product of a bacterium having at least one selected from a plantaricin gene and a nisin gene, or an extract thereof.

Abstract: An adhesive of the present invention satisfies the following requirements: the turbidity is 5.0 or less; the dissolution rate of the adhesive is 10% or more and 70% or less; the logarithmic viscosity number of a dissolved component of an adhesive solution is 0.5 dL/g or more and less than 2.5 dL/g; A1735 cm?1/A3025 cm?1 of the dissolved component of the adhesive solution is 0.20 or more and 0.80 or less; and the logarithmic viscosity number of the adhesive is greater than that of the dissolved component of the adhesive solution.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a support device is configured to output a first work instruction and a safety instruction when a first worker performs a first task. The support device is further configured to output the first work instruction and not output the safety instruction, or output the first work instruction and output another safety instruction, when a second worker performs the first task.

Abstract: A production method of carbon dioxide fixing sludge fine powder as a low-carbon binder. Water is added to residual concrete or returned concrete to form it into a slurry, gravel and sand are separated and removed therefrom, fine sand is separated and removed from the sludge water by a wet cyclone to obtain concentrated sludge water, and the concentrated sludge water is dehydrated to obtain a sludge cake. The sludge cake is put into a rotary drum, hot air and highly concentrated carbon dioxide are supplied into the rotary drum, the carbon dioxide is fixed and is crushed and dried to obtain carbon dioxide fixing sludge fine powder. Alternatively, the sludge cake is crushed and fractured to obtain sludge fine powder. This sludge fine powder is exposed to highly concentrated carbon dioxide to obtain carbon dioxide fixing sludge fine powder.

Abstract: An antenna control device (10) according to the present invention includes: a mobile environment characteristic measurement unit (11) that measures a displacement amount in a three-dimensional direction of a first communication device (1) on which a first antenna (3) is mounted; a storage unit (14) that stores antenna characteristics of the first antenna (3); and a determination unit (12) that determines whether or not a gain of the first antenna (3) is equal to or greater than a threshold when the first communication device (1) communicates with a second communication device (2), and in a case where the gain of the first antenna (3) is less than the threshold value, receives as input the antenna characteristics of the first antenna (3) and the displacement amount in the three-dimensional direction of the first communication device (1) to determine orientations of the first antenna (3) and a second antenna (4) that is mounted on the second communication device (2) so that the gain of the first antenna (1) is

Abstract: An information processing system includes: a station; a mobile body able to move with respect to the station; and at least one processor. The station has a first light source and a MEMS mirror driven two-dimensionally, and makes light beam from the first light source be reflected by the MEMS mirror while driving the MEMS mirror to be emitted to a space around the station so as to scan the space two-dimensionally by the light beam. The mobile body has a first photo sensor configured to detect reception of the light beam. At least one of the at least one processor is configured to identify a value of a direction parameter indicating a relative direction of the mobile body with respect to the station, based on a timing at which the first photo sensor detected reception of the light beam during the scan.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a substrate and a semiconductor chip. The substrate has a first face and a plurality of conductive connection parts provided on the first face. The semiconductor chip has a second face that faces the first face and a plurality of connection bumps provided on the second face and electrically connected to the plurality of conductive connection parts. The conductive connection part arranged in a chip outer peripheral region of a chip region on the first face where the semiconductor chip is arranged is different in thickness from the conductive connection part arranged in a chip central region of the chip region.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition in which viscosity increases of an electrode mixture slurry is prevented or reduced while a high peel strength between a current collector and an electrode mixture layer is maintained.

Abstract: A video display device includes performs a first Retinex process on an inputted video and a second Retinex process, which is different from the first Retinex process, on the inputted video. A video composing unit is configured to compose a video processed by the first Retinex processing unit and a video processed by the second Retinex processing unit in accordance with a feature of the inputted video, which is then displayed. In a process of composing the video processed by the first and second Retinex processing units, the video composing unit is configured to perform a process of converting a luminance level for each pixel so that more output luminance levels are assigned to a luminance band having a large frequency distribution to improve visibility of the video. A gain of the luminance level converting process is varied in accordance with an average pixel value level of the inputted video.

Abstract: A rearward image displaying device includes an imaging portion configured to generate a captured image by imaging, through a camera, to the rear of a vehicle; a first generating portion configured to generate a first rearward image by extracting an image from a region of a portion of the captured image; an incline detecting portion configured to detect an incline angle of the vehicle; a second generating portion configured to extract an image from a region that is another portion of the captured image, based on the incline angle, to generate a second rearward image that is different from the first rearward image; and a display controlling portion configured to displaying the first rearward image and the second rearward image on a display.

Abstract: A video display device includes performs a first Retinex process on an inputted video and a second Retinex process, which is different from the first Retinex process, on the inputted video. A video composing unit is configured to compose a video processed by the first Retinex processing unit and a video processed by the second Retinex processing unit in accordance with a feature of the inputted video, which is then displayed. In a process of composing the video processed by the first and second Retinex processing units, the video composing unit is configured to perform a process of converting a luminance level for each pixel so that more output luminance levels are assigned to a luminance band having a large frequency distribution to improve visibility of the video. A gain of the luminance level converting process is varied in accordance with an average pixel value level of the inputted video.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, methods, and methods of making devices for facilitating condition monitoring of machinery allowing improve efficiencies and increased lifetime of the machinery while also reducing maintenance. In one embodiment, a device includes an enclosure assembly and a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The enclosure assembly includes a cap, a base mechanically coupled with the cap, and a support bracket mechanically coupled with the base. The PCB assembly includes a processor, a memory coupled with the processor, a first sensor electrically coupled with the processor, a second sensor electrically coupled with the processor, and a communication interface electrically coupled with the processor. The device, when installed, may generally form a shape of a tapered cylinder having a maximum height of 2.1 inches and a maximum diameter of 1.2 inches.

Abstract: A communication device includes a processor that selects a first resource such that the first resource that is used to transmit data by the communication device does not overlap with a second resource that is used to transmit data by another communication device located in vicinity of the communication device and a transmitter that transmits the data by using the first resource selected by the processor.

Abstract: Provided is a stator core of a rotating electrical machine in which a core back and teeth are formed by laminating a plurality of thin steel plates with an adhesive interposed therebetween. The stator core includes a first stator core that is formed by applying the adhesive to a first region covering the core back and the teeth between the plurality of thin steel plates, and a second stator core that is formed by applying the adhesive to a second region, which has an area smaller than an area of the first region, between the plurality of thin steel plates. The first stator core is disposed at least at one end of the stator core in a laminating direction of the thin steel plates.

Abstract: A rearward image displaying device includes an imaging portion configured to generate a captured image by imaging, through a camera, to the rear of a vehicle; a first generating portion configured to generate a first rearward image by extracting an image from a region of a portion of the captured image; an incline detecting portion configured to detect an incline angle of the vehicle; a second generating portion configured to extract an image from a region that is another portion of the captured image, based on the incline angle, to generate a second rearward image that is different from the first rearward image; and a display controlling portion configured to displaying the first rearward image and the second rearward image on a display.

Abstract: A video display device includes performs a first Retinex process on an inputted video and a second Retinex process, which is different from the first Retinex process, on the inputted video. A video composing unit is configured to compose a video processed by the first Retinex processing unit and a video processed by the second Retinex processing unit in accordance with a feature of the inputted video, which is then displayed. In a process of composing the video processed by the first and second Retinex processing units, the video composing unit is configured to perform a process of converting a luminance level for each pixel so that more output luminance levels are assigned to a luminance band having a large frequency distribution to improve visibility of the video. A gain of the luminance level converting process is varied in accordance with an average pixel value level of the inputted video.

Abstract: A stator, of a rotating electrical machine, includes a core including a plurality of teeth and a slot formed between the teeth, and a plurality of coils inserted into the slot and fixed with varnish, in which the plurality of coils is disposed side by side in a radial direction in the slot, and the varnish is most applied to at least an innermost diameter side coil among the plurality of coils in the slot.

Abstract: A terminal-wire bonding method includes: arranging a first core at a second end of a first terminal-wire having a first terminal connected with the first core exposed from an insulating sheath at a first end, onto a side of an anvil and a second core at a second end of a second terminal-wire having a second terminal connected with the second core exposed, at a first end, from an insulating sheath longer than the insulating sheath of the first terminal-wire, onto a side of a horn; and bonding the first core at the second end and the second core at the second end together by ultrasonic bonding between the horn and the anvil.

Abstract: In a cleaning nozzle unit including an inner liquid passage guiding a cleaning solution, an inner air passage feeding air to an outlet of the inner liquid passage, and an injection port that mixes the cleaning solution guided by the inner liquid passage and the air fed by the inner air passage and injects a mixture of the cleaning solution and the air to a surface of an object, a plurality of the injection ports are provided, are disposed at predetermined intervals and inject the mixtures in directions such that the mixtures hits each other in the surface at a substantially predetermined angle in a front view of the surface.